Saint Abibos of Nekresi

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Saint Abibos of Nekresi was an early Christian bishop and missionary in eastern Georgia, venerated as a saint for his role in spreading Christianity and opposing pagan practices in the region.

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Saint Abibos of Nekresi canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint ⓘ
Georgian Orthodox saint ⓘ
bishop ⓘ
missionary ⓘ
associatedWith Kakheti region ⓘ
linked to: Kakheti

Nekresi Monastery ⓘ
canonizationStatus pre-congregation saint ⓘ
commemoratedIn Georgian hagiography ⓘ
countryOfActivity Georgia ⓘ
Kingdom of Iberia ⓘ
deathCause martyrdom ⓘ
deathManner killed for his faith ⓘ
ethnicGroup Georgians ⓘ
hasOccupation bishop ⓘ
missionary ⓘ
hasTitle Bishop ⓘ
Confessor ⓘ
honoredAs defender of the Christian faith in Georgia ⓘ
honorificPrefix Saint ⓘ
knownFor missionary work in Kakheti ⓘ
opposing pagan practices ⓘ
spreading Christianity in eastern Georgia ⓘ
languageOfLiturgicalVeneration Georgian ⓘ
movement early Christianity ⓘ
opposed fire-worship ⓘ
paganism ⓘ
placeOfActivity Kakheti ⓘ
Nekresi ⓘ
eastern Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Georgia
positionHeld Bishop of Nekresi ⓘ
region Caucasus ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
roleIn Christianization of Georgia ⓘ
timePeriod early medieval period ⓘ
tradition Eastern Orthodox hagiography ⓘ
typeOfSaint hieromartyr ⓘ
veneratedAs saint ⓘ
veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Georgian Orthodox Church ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nekresi Monastery → foundedBy → Saint Abibos of Nekresi ⓘ